Play has moved into Level 6 with blinds of 250/500 and an ante of 60. Here's an updated look at the top of the leader board, with "samsonjosNJ" leading the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
samsonjosNJ	72,897 140	140
tattedup1657	64,978 12,623	12,623
MartinChatwn	52,808 2,528	2,528
el binko	50,685 50,685	50,685
Tagubhai	46,488 46,488	46,488
TrashNinja00	45,900 45,900	45,900
Batzz88	41,935 41,935	41,935
Frank "thewholefunk" Funaro	41,769 41,769	41,769
Dan "AvaGray" Lupo	41,740 16,740	16,740
brnt2470	38,829 38,829	38,829
PADDLENUT	37,004 37,004	37,004
Christopher "Chalmisi6" Hill	33,785 -1,710	-1,710
Anthony "supremetny" Chin	33,108 8,108	8,108
Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari	31,681 6,681	6,681
Michael "mikeyeager" Yeager	28,418 28,418	28,418

The tournament has reached its first five-minute break of the evening. Fifty-four entries have been logged at present moment, with 48 players remaining across six tables. Registration will remain open for two-plus hours.

In Level 5 with blinds of 200/400 and an ante of 50, "samsonjosNJ" opened to 800 and was called by "Jeebus459" in middle position, "wxg1989" in the cutoff, and Christopher "Chalmisi6" Hill in the big blind.

Action checked through the flop and the turn came . Hill checked again and "samsonjosNJ" bet 1,596. "Jeebus459" raised to 3,880 and action folded back to "samsonjosNJ", who called.

The river fell and "samsonjosNJ" checked. "Jeebus459" bet 7,200 and "samsonjosNJ" called to take the hand to showdown.

"Jeebus459" showed for the bluff and "samsonjosNJ" tabled to win the pot with two pair, queens and jacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
samsonjosNJ	72,757 72,757	72,757
Christopher "Chalmisi6" Hill	35,495
Jeebus459	15,896 15,896	15,896

In Level 4 with blinds of 150/300 and an ante of 40, Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes opened the action with a raise to 690 in middle position and "iFoldN0T" called in the hijack. Jake "MozzyNJ" Dynes was next to act in the cutoff and three-bet to 3,300, and "tattedup1657" cold-called in the small blind before Reyes and "iFoldN0T" folded to take postflop action heads up.

The flop came and "tattedup1657" checked to Dynes, who continuation-bet 2,838. "tattedup1657" called.

The turn was and "tattedup1657" checked again. Dynes shoved all in for 16,188 into a pot of 14,276 and his opponent folded, earning him the pot and taking him above starting stack in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
tattedup1657	52,355
Jake "MozzyNJ" Dynes	30,464 5,464	5,464
iFoldN0T	27,377 2,377	2,377
Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes	20,436 -4,564	-4,564

In Level 3 with blinds of 125/250 and an ante of 30, "RockBells.79" limped in early position and action folded around to "hubbiee" in the big blind, who checked their option.

The flop fell and "hubbiee" checked. "RockBells.79" made a pot-sized bet of 895 and "hubbiee" called.

The turn came and both players checked to bring the river . "hubbiee" bet 1,557 and "RockBells.79" clicked it back to the minimum value of 3,114. "hubbiee" did the same, min-three-betting to 4,671, and "RockBells.79" called.

"hubbiee" showed for the nut flush and took down the pot upon their opponent mucking.

Player	Chips	Progress
hubbiee	24,712 24,712	24,712

In Level 2 with blinds of 100/200 and an ante of 25, action folded to "MartinChatwn" in the cutoff, who opened to 500. Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig three-bet to 2,100 in the small blind and "MartinChatwn" called.

The flop came and Sewnig continuation-bet 1,818. "MartinChatwn" raised to 4,300 and Sewnig called.

Both players checked the turn and the river fell . Sewnig checked again and "MartinChatwn" over-bet jammed for 18,910. Sewnig went into the tank, faced with a decision for his stack of slightly less. After activating his time bank, he found a call.

Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig:
"MartinChatwn":

Sewnig's queens up were no good to the full house of "MartinChatwn" and he became the first player eliminated in the tournament. However, he wasted no time firing bullet number two, and received a new 25K with which to play as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
MartinChatwn	50,280 50,280	50,280
Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig	25,000

Play has begun in Level 1 with blinds of 80/160 and an ante of 20. Twenty-six players are in on the action from the get-go, and registration will remain open until 11:15 p.m. ET.